City ofN Midway City Council Meeting Minutes July25, 2022  The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Brenda Ford.  The Invocation was given by Councilman John Whitmire, Mayor Brenda Ford led thel Pledge. Those in attendance included Mayor Brenda Ford, City Secretary Debra Newkirk, Council members John Whitmire, Rex Newkirk, Brandee Curtis and Marc Nelson. Janet Boone and Wes Savage were also in Councilman Rex Newkirk made the motion to approve the Consent Agenda, which included the following items: minutes of the. June City Council Meeting, minutes oft the. July City Council Workshop, the financial reports for. June, membership with TRWA, participation in the Asset Management Program for Small Systems with TWDB, participation in the Energy Efficiency Program with TRWA and approval oft the Bojorquez Law Firm to be the City Attorney. Councilwoman Brandee Curtis made the second and  attendance. Councilman Gus Kangos was not in attendance.  with all present voting ini favor the motion carried. There were no Public Comments at this time. There were: no Guest Presentations at this meeting.  Councilman John Whitmire made the motion to approve Ordinance No. 2022-09, Denying Entergy Change in Rates, Councilman Marc Nelson made the second and with all present voting in favor the The 3rd Quarter Budget Review was presented to the Council. The Review was accepted and a Budget Workshop was requested. Dates and times would be presented to Council and a workshop would be set Council was revisiting aj prior item with regards to the Midway Volunteer Fire Department. The Council was looking for a way toj provide further assistance to the fire department through means ofe either a "quick fill" system or a metered fire hydrant. It was requested that Wes Savage gather some estimates and Council would make a decision at a future meeting. No further action was taken at this time. Costs. for a new flag pole with al light for the flag were presented to Council. After some discussion, a determination was made to defer to Councilwoman Brandee Curtis to get with a contact for repair oft the flag pole and possibly tree trimming. No further discussion or action was taken at this time. The Drought Contingency Plan was presented to Council for approval. Per TCEQ rules, each public water system with a drought contingency plan must look over and approve it every five years. Councilman Marc Nelson made the motion to approve the 2022 Drought Contingency Plan, Councilman John Whitmire made the second and with all present voting ini favor the motion passed. TCEQ had sent out al letter that ifay water system had al Drought Contingency Plan inj place, it needed to be looked over and the governing body would need to decide ifconditions within the system warranted implementing any part of the DCP. Janet Boone went over the "triggers" oft the DCP with the Council and a determination was made that conditions did not warrant implementation ofthel DCP. No further  motion carried.  up.  action was taken.    The preliminary budget for FY 2022-2023 was presented to Council. The main focus was on the numbers for the Sewer Department budget. The wastewater system was put in place in Midway in 1987-1988 and there has been little to no work done at the lagoons and wastewater treatment plant. Discussion centered ont the need fori improvements to allow for discharging effluent without exceeding the limits oft the City's permit. Water Operator Janet Boone proposed bringing out someone who has done work at the lagoon system inl North Zulch, as well as Navasota, Anderson and Franklin. The person has been to Midway before and is al licensed Texas engineer and an environmental consultant who builds his own aeration systems. The Council asked that. Janet proceed with getting a quote from this gentleman for At 8:35 p.m. the Mayor and Council members entered into an Executive Session under Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Section 551.074 personnel matters regarding the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignments, duties, discipline or dismissal ofaj public officer or employee. Ats 9:05 p.m. the Mayor and Council members returned to Open Session and the following items were Motion was made and seconded to change the duties of. John Seitz to read the meters oft the system, both radio-read and manual read, on or before the 24th ofe each month and pay to be Motion was made and seconded to change the duties of Water Operator. Janet Boone to include taking the weekly distribution samples, pay to be raised $200 per month, and $50.00 to be Motion was made and seconded that Thomas Collard and Collard Construction would bel brought ona as Contract Labor for both the Water and Sewer systems. $500.00 per month would be paid as aretainer and any work done during the month would be paid, less the $500 retainer. For example, the retainer would be paid on the 15th of the month and then later during the month work was done that totaled $1300. Because the $500 had already been paid, the City would only Motion was made seconded regarding raises for Wes Savage and Debra Newkirk, Wes to receive All changes to go into effect August 1, 2022. All present voting in favor and all motions passed. Rex At this time Rex Newkirk made the motion to adjourn, Brandee Curtis made the second and with all  improvements at the lagoons.  brought for a vote:  $250.00 per month with his status to be Part-Time Employee. deducted for each week that samples are missed.  need to pay the $800 difference.  monthly $2640 and Debra to be paid $18.50 an hour.  Newkirk abstained from the vote regarding Debra Newkirk'si increase in pay. present voting in agreement the meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.  bande Brenda Ford, 2  Abarhkk Debra Newkirk, Cipy Secretary